John Wiley Jones Symposium (Rochester, N.Y.) collection 1975-1990

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John Wiley Jones Symposium (Rochester, N.Y.) collection 1975-1990

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Materials related to the John Wiley Jones Symposium at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and its various speakers. The first Jones Symposium, sponsored by the College of Science, was held in 1975. The collection includes programs, invitations, fliers, speech transcripts, and clippings. The John Wiley Jones Symposium collection contains a variety of materials related to the program and its speakers. The collection includes information on specific programs such as brochures, speech transcripts, event fliers and invitations, and programs. The topics of several of the featured symposia include: "Management of Chemicals Released into the Environment" (1975,) "Our Environment of Sound" (1976,) "Nuclear Radiation in Our Environment: Energy, Medicine, Power" (1977,) "Biotechnology: Opportunities, Controversies and Regulations" (1984,) "Health Issues of the '90s: Aids, Drugs and Sex" (1990, ) and "The Science and Mathematics of Biodiversity in the 21st Century" (1999.) Additionally, the collection includes various clippings on these and other symposia.

0.25 linear feet (6 folders)

RIT Library, Wallace Library

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RIT Library, Wallace Library

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Jensen, Deborah B.

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John Wiley Jones Symposium (Rochester, N.Y.)

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Koop, C. Everett (Charles Everett), 1916-2013

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Dr. C. Everett Koop was appointed Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) in February 1981, and sworn in as Surgeon General on November 17, 1981. Additionally, he was appointed director of the Office of International Health in May 1982. Before joining PHS, Dr. Koop, a pediatric surgeon with an international reputation, was surgeon-in-chief of Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and professor of pediatric surgery and pediatrics at the University of Pennsylvania. Dr...

Young, Frank E.

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Rowland, F. S.

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F. Sherwood Rowland is the Donald Bren Research Professor of Chemistry in Earth System Science at the University of California, Irvine. In 1995, he shared the Nobel Prize in chemistry with Mario Molina and Paul Crutzen, "for their work on atmospheric chemistry, particularly concerning the formation and decomposition of ozone." Rowland, a specialist in atmospheric chemistry and radiochemistry, has authored or co-authored more than 430 scientific publications. He has been internationally recognize...

Rochester Institute of Technology. College of Science,

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The John Wiley Jones Symposium was presented by the Rochester Institute of Technology's (RIT) College of Science and funded by Jones Chemicals. In 1974, John Wiley Jones, a proponent of scientific education and a longtime supporter of RIT, started the symposium as a way to bring eminent scientists to the university. The symposium featured classes, workshops, and lectures that were open to RIT faculty and staff. The first symposium, "Management of Chemicals Released into the Environment," feature...

Mooney, Harold A.

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Rochester institute of technology

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It is unclear when the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) first admitted minority students. However, it appears as though the first African American students entered the Rochester Athenaeum and Mechanics Institute (renamed RIT in 1944) during the early 1900s. For instance, in 1906 Fredericka Sprague, the granddaughter of Frederick Douglass, took classes at the Institute. There are several other instances of African American students attending the school during the early 20th century as well...

Schurman, Jacob Gould, Jr.

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Cavanaugh, William J.

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Laughlin, John S. 1918-2004.

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Jones, John Wiley, 1901-1986.

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